UMRHN’s annual workshop for school nurses and social workers was on October 14, 2024. Please check back for details for our 2025 event!
2024 School Health Workshop
October 14, 2024
Agenda:
8:00am – In-person registration and light breakfast
8:30am – Welcome and acknowledgement of sponsor, Chester Healthcare Foundation
8:35am – Substance Use Risk Reduction in School Setting
Ashley Hiers, CPSS, SAS, Executive Director and Ashlie Harder, MRC, RN, Prevention Director
Counseling Services of Lancaster
10:00am Break
10:15am – 11:45am – Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Onset of Mental Illness in Children
Tamara Edrington, MS, MFT, CPM, Executive Director
Catawba Community Mental Health Center
11:45am Lunch catered by Cake Lady Cafe
12:30pm – 2:00pm – Removing Children’s Health Barriers to Learning
Amy Splittgerber, M.Ed., Executive Director and Kathy Wilbur, RN, BSN, Mental Health Initiatives Manager
Healthy Learners
2:00pm Break
2:15pm – 3:45pm – Common Childhood Nasal Diseases
Christopher Jones, MD, FACS, Adult and Pediatric Otolaryngologist
Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates, PA
3:45pm – Wrap Up and Evaluations
4:00pm Adjourn
If you have questions, please call 803-377-8026 or email knichols (at) umrhn.org.
We would like to thank the Chester Healthcare Foundation and Mid-Carolina AHEC for their continued support of our program!
Credit Statements for this activity:
AHEC:This program is approved for 0.6 CEU’s (6.0 clock hours) of continuing education by Mid-Carolina AHEC, Inc. and meets the SC AHEC Continuing Education Best Practice Standards. Participants must attend 90% of the program to receive a certificate of attendance.No partial credit will be given.
COUNSELORS & THERAPISTS: This program has been pre-approved for 6.0 hours of continuing education by SC AHEC under its accreditation by the SC Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists.
NURSING: Mid-Carolina AHEC is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by South Carolina Nurses Association an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This nursing continuing education activity approval # 2408-010PR-002 has been approved for 6.0 hours.
SOCIAL WORKERS: This program has been approved by the SC Board of Social Work Examiners for 1.5 clock hours of social work and 4.5 clock hours of NON-social work continuing education.